Positively Puzzled

. 1 There are beasts on some Iowan farms Which have suffered unspeakable harms, Though we might like to eat them, It is wrong to mistreat them, Let's not bust those who sound the alarms. Story: Agriculture Industry Pushes To Make Undercover Filming Of Farm Animal Abuse Illegal 3/15/2011 2 Plastic forks now restored to the scene, Some House members at lunchtime convene, Their crowing erupts, Toasting Styrofoam cups, "Cafeterias aren't meant to be green!" Story: Fight Waged With Forks Is Rejoined in Congress 3/16/2011 3 Were it up to the Haitians to choose, Aristide at the polls could not lose But with some trepidation He returns to his nation With a woeful aversion to coups. Story: Plane carrying Aristide takes off for Haiti from South Africa 3/17/2011 4 On war doctrine presidents vary Some are rash to attack, some are wary, But without full reliance On a robust alliance Things can quickly become very hairy. Story: The U.N. Security Council passed a resolution on Lib...

Evidently, according to Dennis Kucinich's web site , he was to give a news conference today on a plan to impeach Vice President Dick Cheney. ("Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 5 p.m. on the Cannon Terrace, intersection of Independence and New Jersey Avenue".) I'm not finding the coverage at the moment... It got me to thinking about a program I heard on public radio last month. Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson was on Tom Ashbrook's program On Point Monday, March 26, 2007. I found it riveting. I decided to transcribe portions of it because I thought it important and worth sharing. (Naturally, I recommend that you listen to the whole program .) Excerpts: Host Tom Ashbrook : Why are you calling for the impeachment of President Bush? Salt Lake City mayor Rocky Anderson (pictured) : I think this president has so badly abused his power, breached his trust in remarkable ways with our Congress, with the American people, has violated so many of our international treaty o...